“Nobody does self-deprecating better than I do,” Trump said at the Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday, an annual event at which politicians and journalists rib each other. “I won’t rule out direct talks with Kim Jong Un, I just won’t,” he said of the North Korean leader. Last year, Trump skipped the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — an annual event hosted by the White House reporters’ association — raising questions if he was scared of being laughed at or roasted. “Another calm week at the White House,” Trump said near the start of his 35-minute speech. Trump said he was late to the dinner because “Jared couldn’t get through security”.

Source: Hindustan Times March 04, 2018 16:18 UTC